Big Rock Olympic Distance Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

I do not know why I didn't start in the front of my wave. Climbed over about 5 guys to get to the front. Stupid move. Didn't go as hard as I should. My shoulder was tight so I decided to slow down a little and not pull so hard.

Warm up swimming, maybe prevent the shoulder tightness. Start in the front of my wave so I do not have to climb over all the slow swimmers who decide to start in the front. I also need to go all out on the swims, it is my best event so I need to establish a larger lead. It also doesn't seem to affect me when I get on my bike so why not go all out....?

Bunch of people weren't running in T1. So I felt like a superstart running by people. They will all run by me later...
This long T1 hurt my 2hr35min goal for the race, so I am slightly bitter

I did a 70 miler two days prior so my legs didn't have it on the bike. Also my IT band was knotted up around my hip so I couldn't push a bigger gear. Blah!

Training through a C priority race is one thing. Doing the longest and hilliest ride of your training so far 36 hours prior is another.
Do not make that mistake again!

Did this fast. Fastest T2 for me so far

Nada

Like always, I cannot run fast!! I hate being passed by everyone and their mothers. I love training, I love racing, I love being healthy and meeting other triathletes. So I love the sport in general. But I do not do triathlons for any of those reasons. I do them to compete. I know I need to take my licks as it is my first season and all but I hate being beat by anyone at anything. So seeing everyone run by me makes me mad. I am also in a dilllema because everytime I crank up my run volume I get injured. So I'm planning on ending this tri season maybe in Oct so I can focus solely on running all winter. But now we are getting off topic so....
Bad stomach cramp first mile, loosened up around mile 2. Told myself now that I'm loose I better get a negative split. But wound up taking about 10 seconds longer coming back then going out. With all this run negativity I did improve my Oly run time by 3 minutes from the Havasu Oly on March 22.

walked around, stretched, ate the BBQ


An intense training week. Tight shoulder, tight IT band, dead legs


Old school atmosphere. I liked the prayer and national anthem to start the race because it was different. Made me feel like I was back in high school before a big league game or something...
Wish they had a drink sponsor. Post race drink was water. Run course not marked too well. Great police in intersections! Nice marine volunteers! Amazing views!